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Friday, April 2, 1976

A total of 32 hectares (79 acres) along the waterfront is

reserved for industrial purposes, with the aim of creating an industrial complex which will not only provide employment opportunities for Chai Wan residents, but also for the eastern part of Hong Kong Island.

With the exception of the existing industrial area at Hong Han Street and Lee Chung Street, future industrial development will be concentrated

on the eastern part of the reclamation now under way by the Port Works

Division of the P.W.D.'s Engineering Development Department.

reclamation is being carried out in stages and should be fully completed

by July 1980.

The

Sites are also res .rved for a sheltered cargo handling basin,

embracing a three-hectare (seven-acre) cargo working area, and a container

freight station on the reclamation.

Land earmarked for government, institutional and community uses

amounts to about 40 hectares (99 acres) or about 18 per cent of the

planning area. Among the proposed facilities is a civic centre at the

existing typhoon shelter which will include a library, exhibition and

community hall, government offices and estate welfare accommodation.

Other proposed community facilities include a hospital on the

hill above Hing Wah Village, schools, a fire station, two markets, bus

termini, and a multi-storey carpark.

In addition, a large site is reserved for a swimming pol and

park complex already included in the Public Works Programe. The

swimming pool, which will be similar to that at Morse Park, will serve

residents at Chai Wan, Shau Kei Wan and Quarry Bay.

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